Gas fire, electric radiator, and the like



0. WRAY. GAS FIRE, ELECTRIC RADIATOR, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.6, I920.

Patented Nov 29,1921.

UNITED STATES. PATENT, OFFIC CHARLES wR Y, or cRoYnoiv, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR-TO HIMSELF'ANDCONQUEST JOHN s'rAnLnY, or LonnoN', n vetnivn.

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Be it known that I, CH R S WRAY, a subject of theKing of Great Britain vandIreland, and resident of Croydon, inthe county of Surrey,England, have invented new and useful Improvements in or in connection with Gas Fires, Electric Radiators, and the like, (for which I have filed application in Great Britain Oct. 10, 1918, Patent No.

119,604,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gas fires", electric radiators and like heating apparatus, and it has for its object to provide means by which the radiant heat from the gas fires or radiator shall be reflected more efliciently into the room or compartment than is the case with heating apparatus as at present constructed. The invention also has for its object to provide means by which the deleterious effect of currents of cold air passing across the face of or in relation to the fire from the sides and bottom of the stove shall be prevented.

In a gas fire, electric radiator or like heating apparatus there is combined, in accordance with this invention, with a heat reflector consisting of, for example, a polished sheet of metal, disposed at the lower portion of the heating apparatus and extending outward from the front thereof, for example,

substantially horizontal, two upwardly ex tending plates, for example, of polished metal, extending forwardly from the heating apparatus one on each side thereof, for the purpose of reflecting the heat upward and outward into the room, and of preventing or excluding currents of cold air passing across the face of the fire from below and from the sides.

A heat reflector and draft excluder according to the present invention and applied to a gas stove will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing.

The heat reflector comprises a plate 1 of polished metal supported at the rear end 2 on the front of the gas stove 3 itself. In

some constructions the plate may extend be- Specification of Letters Patent. 7

made of a height to achievethe purpose mentioned. 1 i Y ,T

To the sides of-the upwardly extending plates are fixed screws 6 which pass through slots 7 in. the bars 8. The bars 8 constitute legs which are secured by the fly-nuts 9Q lVith this construction the legs may be ad justed in .height as desired.

metal plates. 1 area are highly polished and reflect the heat, whichis dis tributed downwardly and 'sidewise by the ma'andt wa d and outward into the room v ing plates 4 may, if desired, be formed in one piece with the horizontal plate 1. Further, the upwardly extending plates may be adjustable in position on the horizontal plate 1, for example, so that their angles with the front of the stove may be fixed as is found convenient. p

In certain cases it may be convenient to arrange thetwo upwardly extending plates 4 at a small distance above the horizontal plate 1.

Though the heat reflector has been described with legs at the two front corners, it is to be understood that instead of supporting the rear end on the heating apparatus it may also be provided with legs which, if desired, can be adjustable in height; and the reflector may be fixedly attached to the heating apparatus.

l/Vhat I claim is :--v

1. A portable heat reflector and draft excluder, comprising a substantially horizontally disposed heat reflecting plate, opposite side substantially vertically disposed plates supported on and movable with said horizontally disposed plate, and supporting and adjusting means for the forward end of said plates, the saidplates at the rear end portion adapted to be detachably supported by and extend forwardly from a heating apparatus.

2. In combination with heating apparatus, a heat reflector and draft excluder, comprising a substantially horizontally disposed plate extending forwardly from the heating apparatus, a pair of spaced substantially vera Patented Nov. 29, 1921. Application. filed February 6, 1920.1 Serial No. 3561769. 'i I 3;. In a heat reflector and draft excluder,

the combination of a horizontally disposed plate and vertically disposed spaced side plates thereon extending upwardly from opposite sides thereof, with means for ad justing the position of said plates to. directthe heat reflected therefrom.

A heat reflector and draft excluder,

comprising a horizontally disposed reflecting;

plate and a pair of substantially vertically disposed-reflecting plates secured to and ex tending from opposite sides of said horizontal: plate, respectively, opposite side supporting legs mounted on said vertically disposed plates at adjacent ends thereof, respectively, and the opposite end of said plates,

adapted to be supported onv a heating apparatus with the space between said Plates substantially in; line. with the fire chamber of said heatingapparatus and thesai'd plates extending forwardly from the heating apparatus and; supported at the forwardly extended end by said legs, the said legs verti- Callyadjustable to raise and lower said heating plates, whereby the reflected heat may be directed upwardly Or -downwardly from the heating apparatus.

5. In a portable heat, reflector and draft excluder, the, combinationwith reflecting plates adapted to be detachably mounted:

on and extend exteriorly from. a heating apparatus, of means for adjusting said Plates to meet the requirements of'variousinstallations and said means permitting adjustment,

of said plates to vary the, direction in which the heat is reflected and guided thereby and therefrom in operation.

Dated thisnineteenth da of January,,l920.

LES WRAY; 

